Napoleon was a Gooner.
20/09/2020 - “Don’t bring me good managers; bring me lucky managers” (Napoleon 1808). A very Expand
20/09/2020 - “Don’t bring me good managers; bring me lucky managers” (Napoleon 1808). A very prophetic statement from the Frenchman. Arteta does seem to be lucky, his beaming smile at the end of the game said it all: we got away with that one and he knew it. A very scrappy win but hey ho, give me […] Collapse
Match Day 1: Fulham vs Arsenal…Let the EPL season begin!
12/09/2020 - And the wait is over! Premi.er League football is back and I am sure we are all very excited. Expand
12/09/2020 - And the wait is over! Premi.er League football is back and I am sure we are all very excited. First and foremost, I hope that the season goes without any issues and the Covid-19 situation will be under control and that stadiums will soon be full again. Football stadium without fans are not the same […] Collapse
Is the Carabao Cup worth the effort?
06/09/2020 - Today, the draw for the Carabao Cup took place and we are playing Leicester away in the third Expand
06/09/2020 - Today, the draw for the Carabao Cup took place and we are playing Leicester away in the third round. The competition has been under scrutiny as players have a gruelling schedule packed with league games, European and sometimes national team games. So many clubs play their young players in the Carabao Cup and if they […] Collapse
Securing Ceballos, our midfield priority?
01/09/2020 - As the transfer season is on-going and as we see movements at Chelsea and Man Utd in terms of Expand
01/09/2020 - As the transfer season is on-going and as we see movements at Chelsea and Man Utd in terms of midfield acquisitions, we also know that we are in the market to strengthen our midfield. It seems that Xhaka will be a starter again next year and we need to complement his skills and mitigate his […] Collapse
Do all roads lead to Rome to find the solution to our midfield conundrum?
26/08/2020 - It is not a secret that we are trying to strengthen our midfield – there are two profiles Expand
26/08/2020 - It is not a secret that we are trying to strengthen our midfield – there are two profiles targeted: DM 1 more attacking CM A lot of names have been heard such as Partey, Rice, Zacaria, Doucoure for the DM and for the CM, we are still looking at Ceballos but Coutinho and Grealish have […] Collapse
Is Serge Gnabry the one that got away?
20/08/2020 - After impressing as a young player for Arsenal and on loan at West Brom, Wenger wanted to extend Expand
20/08/2020 - After impressing as a young player for Arsenal and on loan at West Brom, Wenger wanted to extend his contract in the summer of 2016 but Gnabry wanted more first-team opportunities and opted to join Werder Bremen – the fee was 5 Million Pounds. On his debut season at Bremen, Gnabry scored 11 goals in […] Collapse
Stronger wings to rise again to the top?
12/08/2020 - I think it is fair to say that Arteta wants more contributions and decisiveness from the wings and Expand
12/08/2020 - I think it is fair to say that Arteta wants more contributions and decisiveness from the wings and especially the wingers. He wants more goals, assists, dribbles and crosses. Who wouldn’t? The wings are also a hot topic for us because we have been playing some forwards on the side like Auba and Martinelli. We also have some promising players […] Collapse
Arsenal Player(s) of the Season: How You Voted
09/08/2020 - Thank you to the many people who voted in our series of polls for Player(s) of the Season over the Expand
09/08/2020 - Thank you to the many people who voted in our series of polls for Player(s) of the Season over the last 24 hours. Before going to the results, I want to give you a trickier questions to answer in the comments below. The question is (and obviously it’s just a bit of fun): Who do […] Collapse
The FA Cup Loves Arsenal: Report and Player Ratings
02/08/2020 - Number 14 holds up number 14 Arsenal loves the FA Cup, Expand
02/08/2020 - Number 14 holds up number 14 Arsenal loves the FA Cup, but boy does the FA Cup also love Arsenal. We are the THE FA Cup team. We were before yesterday, we’re even more so […] Collapse
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Martinelli, Nketiah, Smith-Rowe, Nelson, Willock ….. how does Arteta fit them in?
17/09/2020 - I have left Saka off this title list because I want, eventually( and sooner rather than later) for Expand
17/09/2020 - I have left Saka off this title list because I want, eventually( and sooner rather than later) for Mikel to go to four at the back as his norm and Saka IMO, should then hold down the left wide position in the “midfield”. But my question to AAers is how does Mikel fit in to […] Collapse
Laca stays! Yay!
11/09/2020 - I was worried that Lacazette would leave but he has confirmed that he would like to stay and I Expand
11/09/2020 - I was worried that Lacazette would leave but he has confirmed that he would like to stay and I think that unless a massive offer comes for him, Arteta is going to be able to count on him this season. With Auba’s new deal about to be announced, we will start the season with the […] Collapse
Arsenal do Brazil?
03/09/2020 - Our Brazilian players’ contingency is growing since Edu has arrived, no? David Luiz, Expand
03/09/2020 - Our Brazilian players’ contingency is growing since Edu has arrived, no? David Luiz, Martinelli last year Willian, Gabriel this year Two older players in Luiz and Willian and two young promising players in Gabriel and Martinelli. Two defenders and two forward players. Below two major hypothetical questions: We are just missing a player like Gilberto […] Collapse
Arteta’s new Arsenal v Klopp’s Liverpool – Community Shield
29/08/2020 - I’m prompted to write a few words following a fairly unpleasant contact with a so-called Expand
29/08/2020 - I’m prompted to write a few words following a fairly unpleasant contact with a so-called “supporter” on an Arsenal site who described us as “serial bottlers” who will obviously lose today. We could of course get beaten, but I challenged his description and loyalty. I then called up his profile and discovered he was in […] Collapse
Should he stay or should he go?
25/08/2020 - Only a few days before the season kicks off again with the Community Shield. I am not so hopeful Expand
25/08/2020 - Only a few days before the season kicks off again with the Community Shield. I am not so hopeful about the outcome of this game against Liverpool but we are a cup team, so hope is permitted 🙂 More seriously and as the first EPL game is coming up soon too, we really need to […] Collapse
Willian: A very good signing with an oddly long contract?
18/08/2020 - Our good friend LB brought up some key questions regarding our signing of Willian First and Expand
18/08/2020 - Our good friend LB brought up some key questions regarding our signing of Willian First and foremost, are we happy to have signed Willian? His EPL experience, his statistics, injury record and the fact that he lives in London and was a free agent do seem to tick a lot of positive boxes. However, his […] Collapse
Our defensive woes –
11/08/2020 - Arteta made it very clear in his post-match interview against Chelsea that his options at the back Expand
11/08/2020 - Arteta made it very clear in his post-match interview against Chelsea that his options at the back have been limited since he arrived with Mari being injured, Mustafi being injured, Chambers being injured… He has also hinted that he will want to strengthen his defensive options (I am only focusing on defenders although we all […] Collapse
Arsenal Arsenal’s Player(s) of the Year: Vote Now
08/08/2020 - Well, that was a funny old season, wasn’t it? Our beloved Arsenal took us to the depths of Expand
08/08/2020 - Well, that was a funny old season, wasn’t it? Our beloved Arsenal took us to the depths of despondency, the cusp of disharmony and, worst of all, the brink of apathy. When fans of a club cease to really care – when they can’t even summon up the passion to be all that bothered about […] Collapse
AFC v Chelsea FA Cup Final – I’ll settle for the result in 2017
01/08/2020 - Three years ago, we lifted the FA Cup. The goals were scored by Sanchez and Ramsey and Giroud Expand
01/08/2020 - Three years ago, we lifted the FA Cup. The goals were scored by Sanchez and Ramsey and Giroud provided an assist. Sanchez and Ramsey are now in Serie A and Giroud has swapped teams just like David Luiz. AFC had conceded a goal to usual suspect Diego Costa despite being a man up………..and rolled out […] Collapse
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Fulham 0 – 3 Arsenal, a promising start
13/09/2020 - RA Comment: “The opening game against Fulham was more like what we expected of the Arsenal Expand
13/09/2020 - RA Comment: “The opening game against Fulham was more like what we expected of the Arsenal of Old. No more pussy footing around waiting for the first Gunners mistake, and then the almost inevitable collapse of confidence, and the spiralling down into the oblivion of another losing start to a Premiership season with the inevitable […] Collapse
Who is Houssem Aouar?
09/09/2020 - Houssem Aouar is a 22 years old French player that can be deployed as central midfielder or left Expand
09/09/2020 - Houssem Aouar is a 22 years old French player that can be deployed as central midfielder or left attacking midfielder. He plays for Lyon and is touted for his ability to keep the ball, drive the ball forward and to find the right pass. His breakthrough season came in 2018-2019 and he started the 2019-2020 […] Collapse
Hola o Adios Bellerin?
02/09/2020 - There is mounting noise about the possibility that Arsenal would be willing to listen to offers Expand
02/09/2020 - There is mounting noise about the possibility that Arsenal would be willing to listen to offers for Bellerin. The club is supposedly OK to let Bellerin go for 35 Mln EUR. At one point in his young and rich career, Bellerin was seen as the best young full back in the world and teams like […] Collapse
Thiago Silva joining Chelsea…
28/08/2020 - As you all know, I am a fervent PSG supporter having grown up close to the training ground. I Expand
28/08/2020 - As you all know, I am a fervent PSG supporter having grown up close to the training ground. I started following PSG in the era of Bernard Lama, Alain Roche, Ricardo, Valdo, Rai, Leonardo, Okocha, Ginola, Weah amongst other. We then had a short period of instability that lasted something like 14 years with lots […] Collapse
Will the tough start break our positive spiral?
21/08/2020 - We ended the season on a high with a FA Cup Win. When the season re-started after the Covid-19 Expand
21/08/2020 - We ended the season on a high with a FA Cup Win. When the season re-started after the Covid-19 break, we had some good results against big teams like Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea but we also had tough losses against Tottenham and poor performances against Brighton and Aston Villa. Overall and with the FA […] Collapse
Ozil: “I will decide when I leave the club, not anyone else”.
13/08/2020 - Ozil has just said that he will decide when he leaves, not anyone else. He added that he has Expand
13/08/2020 - Ozil has just said that he will decide when he leaves, not anyone else. He added that he has signed for 4 years, not two or three. He also recalled that when a player wants to leave and the club says no, the player has to respect the club’s position unless they find a mutually […] Collapse
Our central midfield conundrum
10/08/2020 - Arteta said he knows where to strengthen the team. We also know that he wants to have more control Expand
10/08/2020 - Arteta said he knows where to strengthen the team. We also know that he wants to have more control of the game and more creativity in the middle of the park. So how will he address our midfield’s lack of robustness and creativity? It will be an act that requires fine balance because we also […] Collapse
Arsenal: Now What?
03/08/2020 - Decisions, decisions… If you’re Expand
03/08/2020 - Decisions, decisions… If you’re anything like me you’re still on a high from our wonderful FA Cup win on Saturday. Not only did we end a difficult season with […] Collapse
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